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BIOTA (living things) |
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Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
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FUNGI SS. (true fungi) |
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BASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers) |
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BASIDIOMYCETES (spore droppers) |
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AGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes) |
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AGARICALES (mushrooms and toadstools) |
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LYCOPERDACEAE (puffballs) |
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Calvatia gigantea (Giant Puffball) |
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Calvatia gigantea is also a member of: |
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Gasteromycetes (via Lycoperdaceae) |
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Macromycetes (via Agaricales) |
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Lower Plants (via Fungi ss.) |
BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Calvatia gigantea (Batsch) Lloyd, 1904 (Giant Puffball)
| Notes (MWS) | This edible species grows in nutrient-rich habitats like parks, gardens and the corners of fields. The largest of our puffballs, it can attain 70cm in diameter, but more usually is 20 to 50cm. |
| British records | 1195 |
Sets of Photographs
These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.
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Date | Vice-county | Country |
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| Calvatia gigantea | Fruitbody | 12 | 6 | 6 | 7 Oct 2000 | Berks | England |
| Calvatia gigantea | Fruitbody | 4 | 4 | 17 Aug 2003 | Dorset | England | |
| Calvatia gigantea | Fruitbody | 1 | 1 | 12 Sep 1974 | South-east Yorkshire | England | |
| Calvatia gigantea | Fruitbody | 1 | 1 | 3 Jan 1970 | East Sussex | England |
Suggested Literature
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 1 general literature references to Calvatia gigantea (Giant Puffball)
Calvatia gigantea may also be covered by literature listed under:
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 1 feeding and other relationships of Calvatia gigantea (Giant Puffball)
